From owner-freebsd-perl@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 30 02:35:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D5716A4CE; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:35:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from n120.sc0.cp.net (fh022.dia.cp.net [64.97.160.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 245EC43D1D; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:35:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doug@allensystemconsultants.com) Received: from xp-athlon.allensystemconsultants.com (198.92.156.222) by n120.sc0.cp.net (7.0.038) (authenticated as doug@allensystemconsultants.com) id 41F1C663000CFEC3; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:35:01 +0000 Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050129202607.0447e3a8@mail.allensystemconsultants.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:35:03 -0600 To: perl@FreeBSD.org, stable@freebsd.org From: "Douglas G. Allen" In-Reply-To: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone X-BeenThere: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: maintainer of a number of perl-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 02:35:02 -0000 Anton, >Unless I hear too many cries "don't do that" (with justification), I >plan to not create any perl symlinks in /usr/bin in the forthcoming >upgrade of both lang/perl5.8 (to 5.8.6) and lang/perl5 (to 5.6.2). This >will ONLY be true for FreeBSD 5.X and FreeBSD CURRENT; the existing >pollution of /usr/bin will still be performed for older versions of >FreeBSD, if requested via use.perl script. > >In practical terms this will mean a one-time sweep of your scripts in >order to convert them, in a typical case, from #! /usr/bin/perl to >#! /usr/local/bin/perl. > >CORRECT perl-dependant ports should not be affected. While I agree that correct ports shouldn't be affected, I think that this will make a difference in how FreeBSD is looked at as a whole. I know that when I write stuff for other people in perl, it is presumed that perl is in /usr/bin, not /usr/local/bin because most of these people are running some Linux distribution. I also thought that is was requested to have perl in /usr/bin? >In order to keep pkg-install simple, no old symlink chasing and removal >will be done, although the detailed instructions will be posted in >ports/UPDATING and in pkg-message for the ports. I would rather have a couple of symlinks chased down and removed than have potentially hundreds (or thousands) of scripts needing to be tweaked upon installation of a new piece of software that is predominantly Linux oriented. I try to wrote my stuff to work on multiple platforms (FreeBSD. Linux, Windows) without major modification as a practical thing. This would make it more platform dependent for patches or tech support. I would prefer to NOT see this change implemented. Doug